different between melancholic vs melancholia

English

Alternative forms

• melancholick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), from ?????????? (melankholía, “melancholy”).

Adjective

melancholic (comparative more melancholic, superlative most melancholic)

1. Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

   • Just as the melancholic eye / Sees fleets and armies in the sky.

Translations

Noun

melancholic (plural melancholics)

1. A person who is habitually melancholy.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Late Latin melancholia, which was in turn borrowed from the Ancient Greek medical term ?????????? (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”), from ????? (mélas), ?????- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + ???? (khol?, “bile”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??li?

Noun

melancholia (countable and uncountable, plural melancholias)

1. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy

   Synonyms: gloom, melancholy, sadness

2. (pathology) depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy

Derived terms

• melancholiac

Translations

Related terms

• melancholy
• melancholic

Polish

Etymology

From Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (melankholía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.lan?x?.l?a/

Noun

melancholia f

1. melancholy

Declension

Derived terms

• melancholik, melancholiczka
• melancholiczny
• melancholicznie

Further reading

• melancholia in Polish dictionaries at PWN